Railway-tie plate.



J. GALLAN. RAILWAY TIP. PLATE.'

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3I 1913.

Patented July 22, 1913.

I To lle/)fiom if mag/'concern' 1n place.

place, and its object is to 'Fig'. 3 isa bottom JOH'N'CAELAN, 0F RAY, ARTZQNA.

` MILWY-TIZE PLATE; 'v

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Beit knownthat '1,JOHN GALLAN, a4 citi- -Vzen of the United States, residingat Ray, in- '.the county eti PinailA and State of Arizona,

have' invented' cer-tain new and useful .li-I1 proveniente` inf-Railwaydlie Plates, ot' which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to tie plates which holding. the latter in provide atie plate which will securely 'hold' theirail 'against lateral and longitudinal` displacement, and which has braces for the spikes which se; cure the plate to the tie. 1

The invention also' hasfor its object to provide a novel and ir-fnproved-'railV anchoring device and means for'holding the saine for the purpose ot' Other objects and advantages of the inf vention will be pointed' out' in the detailed description appearing being had to the accompanying Which-7 Figure 1. is a plan view of the tieplate, the rail being sltiwndotted. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fin 1.

drawing in f Referring specically to the drawing, the tie plate comprises a dat rectangular body portion 10 having spike holes 11 sol that it mmay be spiked to' the'tie.' 0n the bottom of the plate are parallel diagonal ribs 12 which assist to hold the plate against lateral and longitudinal displacement, the ribs being tapered down ,to a point so that they may be forced into thetie. ribs diagonal they are embedded in the tie across theigrain, which gives them a better hold and also prevents splitting of the tie. lt will also be noted that the ribs. are gradually. reducedin depth or tapered in the directionof the inner edge of the plate. As

- the strainis outward, as Well as downward,

- down intothe tie,

at the inner f recti'on. et

the outer portion of the platetends to cut and it very often becomes necessary to adz oli that portion ot the tie which is underthe inner side of the plate to level up the pla-te and keep the rail from turningover. This being the case, it is not necessary to have the ribs extend downward portion ont the plate, and hence the hereinbeforernentioned taper in that di- 'lFhe top. ofthe tieplate 1() Ahas diaz-renal i: y'i ribs 13 which,

stillen the plate.

'tlanges -16 of the.y rail.

hereina er, reifer ence" plan-view of the tie plate By making the Patented Juiyee, iets.;

with the ribs 12, serve to The ribs 13 stop short of the `outer edge of the plate, and at the ends of said ribs, onthis side ot' the plate, the latter has anupstanding longitudinal flange spike holes 11. Adjacent to these spike holes are raised portionsil tormingbr-aces for the spikes, the same being' located -so asto engage the back of the spikes. rllie iangezld: engages the outer one of the base y The Width of the braces 15 is such that a claw bar may be applied to the spikes to draw the same.

i The ribs 13 and flange lll are intersectcd by a gap which-forms a seat for a rail anchoring device, vthe said gap extending diagonally and in the opposite direction ot" the ribs. This anchoring device is a plate .17 extending diagonally beneath the rail,

- and having'lips 18 at its ends to engage over and grip the base flanges 16 of the rail, the engaging portions ot the lips being romp/"lin ened to obtain 'a better hold. Adjacent to the lip 18 which engages the inner base flange of the rail, the plate 17 has a shoulder 19 on one side, which shoulder is located alongside one of the spike holesl 11 on the inner portion of the plate. The other end of the plate, on the opposite side from the shoulder 19, engages a/'shoulder 19a formed by the gap in the flange 14. Wheny the spike is driven against the Shoulder 19, the plate 16 tends to turnpin a direction to draw the lips 18 over and against the base flanges of the rail by reason of the oblique location .of the lips relative to each other, and the base lianges are thus tightly gripped. rthe ribs 13 may run parallel* to the plate 16, or at an 'angle thereto asshown in Fig. 1.

The spikes which fasten down the rail and also the plate 10 are indicated at 420, they' being driven through the holes 11 and* into the tie in the usual manner, so that their heads engage the base flanges 16 of the rail.

With the parts in place and secured as herein described, the railsWill be rigidly held against lateral and longitudinal displacement, and a strong and'firin track structure is had. The rail cannot creep lengthwise without carrying the tie plate along with it, and as said plate is spiked to the tie, it will be evident that the rail is securely. held.v lIt desired, the tie plsites-10` G05 v'let which is lntersected by the outer set ot can be used without the plates 17, and they will be made right and left so that they may work against each other.

. I claim:

l. A railway tie plate having spike holes, a top recess and a shoulder at one end of the recess, in combination with a rail anchoring plate extending obliquely beneath the rail and seating in the aforesaid recess, the side of the anchoring plate at one end being adapted to engage the aforesaid shoulder, and said anchoring plate having end lips adapt-ed to engage the base flange of the rails, and a side shoulder opposite the end which is engageable with the shoulder of the tie `plate and on the opposite side thereof, said side shoulder being located adjacent to one of the aforesaid spike holes and engageable by the spike driven therethrough.

2. A railway tie plate having spike holes, a top recess and a longitudinal upstanding flange intersected by the recess, said flange engaging one of the base flanges of the rail, in combination with a rail anchoring plate extending obliquely beneath the rail and seating in the aforesaid recess, said anchoring plate having end lips adapted to engage the base iianges of the rails, and a shoulder located adjacent to one of the aforesaid spike holesI said shoulder being engageable by the spike driven through said spike hole.

3. A railway tie plate having a top recess, in combination with a rail anchoring plate extending obliquely beneath the rail and seating in the aforesaid recess, said anchoring plate having end lips adapted to grip the base flanges of the rail, and means for holding the anchoring plate in oblique position.

` 4. A railway tie plate having a top recess,

in combination with a rail anchoring plate flange ,on the outer side of the rail, saidV flange being intersected by the outer set of spike holes and by the top recess, and the .s

plate having adjacent to said outer set of spike holes raised portions serving as spike' braces, the flange engaging the outer base flange of the rail, in combination .with a rail anchoring plate extending obliquelybeneath the rail and seating in the aforesaid recess, said anchoring plate having end lips adapt-` ed to grip the base flanges of the rail, andk means for-holding the anchoring plate in oblique position. y n

In testimony whereof I afhx iny signature in presence of two witnesses.

.Y JOHN CALLAN.

lVitnesses T. E. ODELL, PETER PAINTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtainei for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

